The transmission of Benthamite ideas 1820-50 / S.E. Finer -- Utilitarianism and bureaucracy: the views of J.S. Mill / Alan Ryan -- The genesis of the Northcote-Trevelyan report / Jenifer Hart -- New roles for old: the Northcote-Trevelyan report and the
clerks of the Home Office 1822-48 / A.P. Donajgrodzki -- Administrators in education before 1870: patronage, social position and role / Richard Johnson -- The Colonial Office and its permanent officials 1801-1914 / R.C. Snelling and T.J. Barron -- The Foreign Office before 1914: a study in resistance / Valerie Cromwell and Zara S. Steiner -- Treasury control 1854-1914 / Maurice Wright -- Llewellyn Smith, the Labour Department and government growth 1886-1909 / Roger Davidson -- Administrators in education after 1870: patronage, professionalism and expertise / Gillian Sutherland.
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